ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK
WELCOME LETTER
Thank you very much for your interest in becoming United Learning Group’s Energy & Sustainability Manager. Our central estates team is key to our schools and has a real impact across our schools property portfolio. United Learning is deeply committed to the progress and success of all children and young people. We believe in serving local communities through creating excellent schools, which provide outstanding education and serve all children in the area. We believe that we are in the unique position of having both Academy schools and Independent schools within the same Group. This provides us with a great platform from which to influence as many young people as possible. We aim to work as a single organisation, combining the best of state and independent education. We have excellent
schools and a commitment to continued improvement, as well as great potential for further growth and development. We aim to enable all schools to achieve more through being part of the Group than they could on their own. As our Energy & Sustainability Manager, you will work in close collaboration with energy procurement partners and estates managers to ensure that energy efficiency factors are incorporated into all planning and operational activities. This role is a fantastic opportunity for an energy professional who is looking for a new challenge and to make a real impact on the reduction of United Learning Group’s emissions by 2030 on our journey towards net zero.
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WELCOME LETTER
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ABOUT UNITED LEARNING
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OUR ETHOS & VALUES
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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THE CANDIDATE
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APPLICATION PROCESS
ABOUT UNITED LEARNING
We are a group of schools which aims to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. From Cumbria to Kent, we are inclusive and welcoming schools, welcoming children of all backgrounds, all faiths and none, all abilities and giving over 55,000 children an inspiring education. Uniquely, our Group includes significant numbers of schools in both the independent and state sectors, working together for mutual benefit. Through being a group, we can offer more to both staff and young people than any single school could offer alone. Our approach is underpinned by a sense of moral purpose and commitment to doing what is right for children and young people, supporting colleagues to achieve excellence and acting with integrity in all our dealings within and beyond the organisation, in the interests of young people everywhere. We seek to improve the life chances of all the children and young people we serve and make it our mission to bring out ‘the best in everyone’ – students, staff, parents and the wider community.
OUR ETHOS AND VALUES
Our ethos of bringing out ‘the best in everyone’ underpins our core values: • Ambition – to achieve the best for ourselves and others. • Confidence – to have the courage of our convictions and to take risks in the right cause. • Creativity – to imagine possibilities and make them real. • Respect – for ourselves and others in all that we do. • Enthusiasm – to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue talents and interests. • Determination – to overcome obstacles and reach success. Our values were selected in consultation with United Learning students and staff across the country. As a single organisation, we seek to bring together the best of independent and state sectors, respecting both traditions and learning from each. We believe that each of our schools is and should be distinctive – each is committed to developing its own strengths and identity while sharing our core values as institutions which promote service, compassion and generosity. The ‘Framework for Excellence’ sets out the key principles our schools work to. They are designed to be meaningful and clear without being a straitjacket and to give school leaders space to meet the needs of their community.
JOB DESCRIPTION
▪ Work as part of the Carbon Neutral Project team with responsibility for oversight and delivery of the energy and decarbonisation strand, including providing technical advice and recommendations on meeting our target by 2030. ▪ Analyse, monitor and report on energy and carbon expenditure, identifying and investigating trends in energy use, highlighting issues regarding poor performing school buildings and recommending action, as necessary. ▪ Lead for United Learning on our approach to Energy Management: > Work closely with the Group’s Energy Partner to ensure all schools are accurately consumption profiled to benefit from the groupwide energy contracts, including managing the transition from legacy energy contracts for new joiners to the Group. > Work closely with our appointed energy advisors to ensure that United Learning is able to achieve
Job Title:
Energy & Sustainability Manager
THE ROLE To develop, plan and coordinate all energy related work across United Learning, to contribute towards reducing expenditure on gas, electricity and water and to achieving our goal of reducing our emissions by 50K tCO2e by 2030 on our journey towards net zero. To provide informed, evidence-based advice (including by liaising with external experts) to central office colleagues and to schools on energy matters, including energy contracts, decarbonisation and the wider sustainability agenda. To define, implement, and deliver an effective energy and water usage monitoring and reduction plan, working closely with internal and external partners io ensure successful outcomes. As a member of the United Learning Carbon Neutral project team be responsible for shaping and delivering the energy and decarbonisation strand of our carbon reduction strategy. On decarbonisation, this involves ensuring all our schools have a decarbonisation plan, these are brought together with the school building development plans, with a clear prioritisation, costings and schedule of work for the group. Ensure that avenues for funding are explored and maximised e.g. PSDS, LCSF On energy, ensure that benefits of our group buying power are maximised and creative options are explored to deliver an excellent price, energy security and sound green credentials. Work in close consultation with our Energy Procurement Partners and Estate Managers ensuring that energy efficiency factors are incorporated into all project planning and operational activities and investigate the use of low carbon and renewable energy solutions to deliver cost effective carbon savings. Creating and nurturing a sustainability best practice culture and community across the Group, to ensure that sustainability is embedded in all day-to-day operations.
Reports to:
Director of Estates
OVERVIEW You will play an important role in achieving our ambition to reduce our emissions by 50K tCO2e by 2020 (on our journey to Net Zero) as well as reducing our expenditure on utilities across the group. LOCATION The role will be home based and will include regular travel to the schools across the United Learning Group, as well as regular travel to the group’s Central Offices (Peterborough and London). COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS INTERNAL ▪ Director of Estates, Estates Managers, Estates Executive Assistant. ▪ Director and Deputy Director of Strategy & Performance, Carbon Neutral Champions ▪ Chief Financial Officer, Head of Procurement ▪ School contacts within the Group, in particular Business Managers and Facilities Managers. ▪ Education Directors / Regional Directors. ▪ Group Committees when appropriate. EXTERNAL ▪ Professional organisations working with the Group i.e. Architects, surveyors etc. ▪ Contractors. ▪ Group Energy Framework Provider. ▪ External organisations with particular expertise in carbon reduction (strategies, monitoring etc) e.g. Carbon Trust.
both cost savings and carbon reductions in relation to its energy use, making decisions
that are informed by an excellent understanding of the energy market, procurement and frameworks. > Develop tools to audit, monitor and interrogate energy usage (including against appropriate benchmarks), to support decision-making and sharing of best practice in energy saving measures. > Provide regular reports for Committee on energy consumption/cost/efficiency and illustrate improvements in these areas. ▪ Keep abreast of changing legislation and good practice to ensure that the Group is complying with its statutory responsibilities in respect of environmental issues. ▪ Establish and maintain relationships with relevant external organisations, so that our schools and the organisation as a whole have access to the most current thinking on energy efficiency in the education sector and are able to take advantage of relevant opportunities for investment and innovation. ▪ Lead on a programme of initiatives associated with Energy and Water reduction.
THE CANDIDATE
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• Strong strategic and analytical skills, including the ability to make sense of a range of complex information (including financial information) and to develop clear recommendations for action appropriate for the target audience. • Ability to work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels. • An intellectual curiosity, openness to learning and ability to innovate to achieve results. • Strong emotional intelligence and ability to engage peers and develop credibility working with senior leaders. • Good administration skills and attention to detail. • A high level of proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel for data analysis and Word for written reporting. • Experience of energy management activities in a multi-site portfolio setting. • Experience of funding bid preparation and application
The successful candidate should have a strong interest in energy/environmental issues and ideally will have, or be willing to work towards, a formal qualification (IEMA or similar).
You should already have:
• Knowledge of energy / environmental issues and a desire to learn more in order to influence change. • Knowledge of the energy market in the UK is essential. • Evidence of leadership including ‘lateral’ and upwards leadership (influencing individuals, teams and organisations outside your line of management/outside United Learning). • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present information clearly and in a compelling way for a range of audiences.
APPLICATION PROCESS Schools Leadership has been retained as our exclusive advisor for this appointment and any third party or direct applications will be forwarded to them. For a confidential discussion please contact:
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all employees to share this commitment. All employees must be willing to undergo child protection training and screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Melanie Pye E: melanie.pye@schoolsleadership.com M: 07530 734 568
To apply, please send your application consisting of a CV and supporting statement to Melanie Pye.
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